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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.21.23.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="21" chapter_num="23" heading="Disbursements from the Fund.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Administration shall ensure that the first priority for disbursements from the Fund is for the care and treatment of individuals discharged from the closed ward or wards.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Administration may not use the Fund to supplant State general fund resources for existing community services.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Disbursements from the Fund, in excess of the amount required to annualize the cost of care and treatment of individuals discharged from the closed ward or wards, are subject to the State appropriations process.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Director shall ensure that the Fund is used to provide needed services in the community, including but not limited to:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Case management;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Crisis services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Outpatient mental health clinic;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Psychiatric day treatment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Group home placement;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Mobile treatment services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Psychiatric rehabilitation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Residential rehabilitation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Supported employment;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Supported living;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Therapeutic group homes; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>Consumer-operated programs.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Portions of the Fund that are unspent at the end of a fiscal year, and earned interest, shall remain in the Fund to be used for the purposes specified in this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>